It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care.

The world is full of miserable places. One way of living comfortably is not to think about them or, when you do, to send money

If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem.

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.

We have to design a health delivery system by actually talking to people and asking, 'What would make this service better for you?' As soon as you start asking, you get a flood of answers.

That's when I feel most alive, when I'm helping people.

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.